Is it all about hips? : around the world with Bollywood dance / Sangita Shresthova ; foreword by Kabir Bedi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shresthova, Sangita, author.

Contributor:

Bedi, Kabir, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance--India.

Dance.

Bhangra (Music).

Motion picture industry--India--Mumbai.

Motion picture industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first comprehensive book on Bollywood dance culture, Is It All About Hips? traces Bollywood dances as they are interpreted, created, and produced in three locations: Mumbai (India), Kathmandu (Nepal), and Los Angeles (USA). In this pioneering work, Sangita Shresthova brings alive the world of Bollywood dance through the chronicling and analyses of live performances, dance classes, film spectatorship, and personal narratives. Watch how dances travel and meanings unravel...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Photographs; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Dancing through the Decades: A Bit of Theory and History; 3 - Bombay and the Bodies of Bollywood Dance; 4 - Under Bollywood's Big Umbrella? Bollywood Dance in Kathmandu; 5 - More Indian than India? Bollywood Dance in Los Angeles; 6 - Conclusion; Appendix 1 Personal Narrative: Bombay Story; Appendix 2 Personal Narrative: Kathmandu Story; Appendix 3 Personal Narrative: Los Angeles Story; Appendix 4 Personal Narrative: Author's Story; Notes; Selected Films Cited; Glossary; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

81-321-1944-4

1-283-42225-5

9786613422255

81-321-0914-7

OCLC:

778469977